I personally disagree with the idea of Yet Another Section To Place Code. I find it daunting enough to figure out whether a bit of code I'd like to share should go in Code, Craft, CUFP, or Snippets; the difference seems to mostly be an issue of size vs. general usefulness vs. "Wow, you couldn't do that in most languages". I don't think that a similar split between obfuscation and JAPHs makes any sense... it's not as though the Obfuscation area gets more than a couple posts a day anyways. If you're dissatisfied with the recent posts in the Obfuscation section, just ignore them... save your votes up so that the real Obfuscations can rack up the ++. ;)

I agree that there are already a lot of sections here, and
I often don't know where to post my questions... (Yes, I sometimes
post elsewhere than in Obfuscated Code.)

Clearly the Obfuscation section is not the place where most
posts go. Anyway, I really feel that JAPH and Obfuscation
are two different matters. I like to be surprised by the
code I read in this section, and all too often alas, I know
what a particular piece of code will print (and how) without
reading it all (no I didn't read this one completely,
but I am shocked by the good reputation it gets)...

But you are probably right when you say I should ignore posts
that I find "not good enough". It's just that these JAPH are not what I (and
I hope others) think obfuscation is... At first I tried --
to indicate my reprobation, then I tried critique (or worse).
Now, I feel that JAPH have their own use, which is good, but is
not the same as obfuscation (which would be something closer
to artistic).

I am definitely no authority around here, but one point that was made during our discussion was the desire to avoid discouraging new Perl Hackers. Seperating the sections may open the paths of suggestion from those who have a lot to offer, like BooK, when they aren't distracted and a bit put off by the confusion between JAPH/Obfuscation.

I had no intention of offending anyone but the thing is, I didn't know. Seperate sections may make a more obvious choice for where to post code to Newbies.
- kel -